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单词 chordotomy
释义

chord2 /körd/

noun
  1. A string of a musical instrument (archaic and poetic)
  2. A sensitive area of the emotions, feelings, etc (figurative)
  3. A straight line joining any two points on a curve (geometry)
  4. An old spelling of cord (see spinal cord under spine and vocal cords under vocal)
  5. The straight line joining the leading and the trailing edges of an aerofoil section (aeronautics)
  6. One of the principal members of a truss (engineering)
ORIGIN: Gr chordē a string, intestine

chorˈda noun (pl chorˈdae) (zoology)

  1. Any stringlike structure in the body
  2. The notochord

chordˈal adjective

chordamesˈoderm noun (anatomy and zoology)

The layer of specialized cells in the middle of a developing embryo which forms the notochord and structures of the central nervous system

chorˈdate noun

A member of the Chordāta, a phylum of the animal kingdom, including the vertebrates and protochordates, animals possessing a notochord at some stage of their development (also adjective)

chordophone /körˈdō-fōn/ noun (music)

Any instrument in which a string vibrates to produce a sound, including the zither, piano, lute, lyre and harp

chordophonic /-fonˈik/ adjective

chordotomy noun see under cord

strike a chord

To prompt a feeling of recognition, familiarity, empathy, etc

touch the right chord

To elicit the appropriate emotional or sympathetic response

cord /körd/

noun
  1. A small rope or thick string
  2. A part of the body resembling a cord (eg spinal cord, umbilical cord)
  3. A measure of cut wood (128 cu ft), orig determined by use of a cord or string
  4. A raised rib on cloth
  5. Ribbed cloth, esp corduroy (also adjective)
  6. (in pl) corduroy trousers
  7. A string crossing the back of a book in binding
  8. A flex for an electrical apparatus
transitive verb
  1. To supply with a cord
  2. To bind with a cord
ORIGIN: Fr corde, from L chorda; see chord

cordˈage noun

  1. A quantity of cords or ropes, such as the rigging of a ship, etc
  2. A quantity of wood measured in cords

cordecˈtomy noun

Surgical removal of a vocal cord

cordˈed adjective

  1. Fastened with cords
  2. Wound about with cords (heraldry)
  3. Ribbed
  4. (of wood) piled in cords

cordˈing noun

  1. The act of binding
  2. Cordage

cordˈite noun

A cordlike smokeless explosive

cordˈless adjective

  1. (of an electrical device) operating without a flex
  2. Battery-powered

cordocentēˈsis noun (medicine)

The removal of a sample of fetal blood from the umbilical vein by inserting a hollow needle through the wall of the pregnant woman's abdomen

cordotˈomy noun

The surgical division of bundles of nerve fibres in the spinal cord to relieve severe or persistent pain (also chordotˈomy)

cord grass noun

A grass of the genus Spartina which is found in muddy salt-marshes and is used for making ropes

cordˈwood noun

Wood cut up and stacked in cords
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